Sentences with phrase «economic outcomes for children»

Early childhood education programs that implement research - based program standards of quality have been shown to result in positive educational, social, and economic outcomes for both children and society.

Strong families and parents are the catalysts for better education, health and economic outcomes for children.

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Stakeholders» input was integrated into development of A Healthy Start for Minnesota Children: Supporting Opportunities for Life - Long Health, a theory of change that depicts how public understanding, health in all policies, and community innovation lead to 1) safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments and 2) social and economic security, which in turn will help the state achieve its ultimate outcome — that every Minnesota child, prenatal to age three years, will thrive in their family and community and achieve their full potential regardless of their race, where they live, or their family's income.

Thus, although improving the economic status of families promotes more positive outcomes for children's cognitive development and academic achievement, direct services and therapeutic interventions may be a comparatively more promising alternative for improving children's psychosocial development and reducing behaviour problems.

Working toward this ideal requires attention to not only economic inequities but also to the many related inequities that harm children who grow up poor and to the opportunities for disrupting the strong predictive relationship between poverty and negative outcomes.

Better measures of economic disadvantage can help us better understand the variation in outcomes within the population of children who are eligible for subsidized meals

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children at risk of poor educational, economic, social and health outcomes.

Drawing on data from the Baltimore School System, they calculate the value of summer learning at different educational stages and compare outcomes for children of different economic backgrounds.

This report draws from a scholarly discussion paper The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) produced for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that presented the pros and cons of various instruments used for reporting on international data of children's cognitive and social outcomes.

Compounding this problem, children from low - income families, on average, begin kindergarten approximately a year behind their peers in preliteracy and language skills.106 This fluency gap widens as students continue in school and has a significant impact on economic success later in life.107 As a result, gains from high - quality preschool programs — including improved health, better social - emotional skills, and better cognitive outcomes — are particularly beneficial for children from low - income families.108

The legislation recognizes that achieving excellence in American education depends on providing access to opportunity for all children, and that increasing inequality within external social, economic, health and community factors — traditionally viewed as outside of the domain of schools — have a significant influence on academic outcomes and a persistent achievement gap.

Using quantitative and spatial methods, her dissertation examines the links between neighborhood and school composition, with a focus on neighborhoods undergoing economic change, and how neighborhood and school contexts matter for children's outcomes.

She has researched coordinated services for children, youth, and families to improve social, educational, and economic outcomes for vulnerable populations; family engagement; and early childhood education quality and outcomes for traditionally underserved children and youth.

Investing public dollars in quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children will provide significant social and economic outcomes in the short - and long - term.

MIECHV required states to make a priority of services for at - risk families in order to improve a broad range of outcomes related to parental and child health and well - being, parenting, economic self - sufficiency, and intimate partner violence.

The Perry Preschool Program and Abecedarian Preschool Project — long considered the quality gold standards — delivered better education, health - related behavior, social and economic outcomes for disadvantaged children who received treatment versus those who received none.

And finally, a new report released by The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) which looked at the link between social exclusion and the risk of poor health outcomes, found that children living in areas with a higher risk of social exclusion had poorer health than those who lived in other areas.

In studies of sequencing per se, declines in income have been found to be associated with poorer developmental outcomes.6 13 27 Furthermore, economic fluctuations seem especially consequential for children living in poverty, 6 22 and it has been suggested that economic fluctuations may pose even greater risks to development compared with disadvantaged, but stable, economic circumstances.28

Healthy child development is the foundation for human capital and the basis for future community and economic development.1 A significant body of convergent research emphasises the importance of the prenatal and early years for health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.2 For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4for human capital and the basis for future community and economic development.1 A significant body of convergent research emphasises the importance of the prenatal and early years for health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.2 For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4for future community and economic development.1 A significant body of convergent research emphasises the importance of the prenatal and early years for health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.2 For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4for health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.2 For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4, 5

In 2010, more than 1 in 5 children were reported to be living in poverty.6, 10 Economic disadvantage is among the most potent risks for behavioral and emotional problems due to increased exposure to environmental, familial, and psychosocial risks.11 — 13 In families in which parents are in military service, parental deployment and return has been determined to be a risk factor for behavioral and emotional problems in children.14 Data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health demonstrated a strong linear relationship between increasing number of psychosocial risks and many poor health outcomes, including social - emotional health.15 The Adverse Childhood Experience Study surveyed 17000 adults about early traumatic and stressful expechildren were reported to be living in poverty.6, 10 Economic disadvantage is among the most potent risks for behavioral and emotional problems due to increased exposure to environmental, familial, and psychosocial risks.11 — 13 In families in which parents are in military service, parental deployment and return has been determined to be a risk factor for behavioral and emotional problems in children.14 Data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health demonstrated a strong linear relationship between increasing number of psychosocial risks and many poor health outcomes, including social - emotional health.15 The Adverse Childhood Experience Study surveyed 17000 adults about early traumatic and stressful expechildren.14 Data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health demonstrated a strong linear relationship between increasing number of psychosocial risks and many poor health outcomes, including social - emotional health.15 The Adverse Childhood Experience Study surveyed 17000 adults about early traumatic and stressful expeChildren's Health demonstrated a strong linear relationship between increasing number of psychosocial risks and many poor health outcomes, including social - emotional health.15 The Adverse Childhood Experience Study surveyed 17000 adults about early traumatic and stressful experiences.

Inclusion criteria (1) Randomised controlled trials of structured psychosocial interventions offered to at - risk families with infants aged 0 — 12 months in Western Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, (2) interventions with a minimum of three sessions and at least half of these delivered postnatally and (3) outcomes reported for child development or parent — child relationship.

See, for example, Janet Currie, «Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Socioeconomic Status, Poor Health in Childhood, and Human Capital Development,» Journal of Economic Literature 47, no. 1 (2009): 87 — 122; and Janet Currie and others, «Child Health and Young Adult Outcomes,» Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming.

Economic hardship, for example, has been associated with a greater risk of relationship break - up.16, 22 While the effects of both poverty and family structure on child development are well established, there is less knowledge about their relative impact on children's outcomes.23 — 25

Of the 8 health outcome measures that were significantly positively associated with family type in Table 1 (in most cases with single - parent family membership), 3 (long - term injury after any previous accident, scarred by any previous accident, antibiotics) were no longer significantly associated with family type membership after accounting for overcrowding, lack of economic resources, educational attainment, and child sex (not tabled).

Partnering With Families and Communities National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (2013) Offers a webcast on the Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project (PIDP) in Los Angeles, CA, and discusses three strategies to support positive outcomes for children, youth, and families: decreasing social isolation by connecting families to each other; addressing issues of economic security; and increasing access to available resources.

Thus, although improving the economic status of families promotes more positive outcomes for children's cognitive development and academic achievement, direct services and therapeutic interventions may be a comparatively more promising alternative for improving children's psychosocial development and reducing behaviour problems.

Partnering with Families and Communities [Webcast] National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (2013) Offers a webcast on the Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project in Los Angeles, CA, and discusses three strategies to support positive outcomes for children, youth, and families: (1) decreasing social isolation by connecting families to each other; (2) addressing issues of economic security; and (3) increasing access to available resources.

Designed for, or demonstrated applicability to, special groups: FAST has been shown to have positive outcomes for children from low socio - economic or disadvantaged family backgrounds.

Paying Later: The High Costs of Failing to Invest in Young Children (PDF - 220 KB) Pew Center on the States, Partnership for America's Economic Success (2011) Reports the findings of a study that explored the social costs caused by an array of bad outcomes, including child abuse and neglect, high school dropouts, criminal activity, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and other health problems, and how these costs could be reduced by investing in evidence - based early childhood programs.

In a study of 18 OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) advanced industrialized countries, Sakiko Tanaka assessed the outcomes of parental leave policies on child health outcomes.7 Covering more than three decades (1969 - 2000), her study confirms and updates Ruhm's earlier work described above.

These developments accentuate the need to monitor the well - being of the most disadvantaged children, but income inequality also has far - reaching consequences for society, harming educational attainment, key health outcomes and even economic growth.

Fact:» [W] e find that family structure does operate through economic status because, once income is controlled, the family structure effects primarily disappear for both behavioral and cognitive outcomes... Children with higher quality home environments (with respect to emotional support and cognitive stimulation) have fewer behavioral problems and higher cognitive test scores.

According to Annie E. Casey Foundation President Patrick McCarthy, improving outcomes for children living in poverty will require several social and economic measures such as tax credits, food stamps, and job training for parents.

Nationally, MIECHV programs have shown a substantial improvement in key outcome areas for families, including improving school readiness in children, reducing child abuse and neglect, and improving family economic self - sufficiency.

The results of this evaluation of the Early Start service showed that, despite clear benefits of the program for parenting - and child - related outcomes, as described in our earlier article, 1 there was no evidence to suggest that the program had a positive impact on a wide range of family - related outcomes, including maternal health, family functioning, family economic circumstances, and susceptibility to family stress.

By comparing outcomes for and experiences of children in households with higher and lower incomes it summarises what the study has revealed about inequalities up to age 8, explores whether there is any evidence that the socio - economic gap has narrowed or widened in recent years and highlights some key messages from the study about to improve outcomes for all children and to reduce inequalities.

Stakeholders» input was integrated into development of A Healthy Start for Minnesota Children: Supporting Opportunities for Life - Long Health, a theory of change that depicts how public understanding, health in all policies, and community innovation lead to 1) safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments and 2) social and economic security, which in turn will help the state achieve its ultimate outcome — that every Minnesota child, prenatal to age three years, will thrive in their family and community and achieve their full potential regardless of their race, where they live, or their family's income.

The report, co-authored by Thomas DeLeire of the University of Wisconsin and Leonard M. Lopoo of Syracuse University, compared the economic mobility outcomes for children who were born to single mothers, divorced parents, and continuously married parents.

Especially in difficult economic times, Illinois must invest in early childhood programs that are proven to improve outcomes for children and reduce long - term spending on the education and health issues that result when children do not have quality early experiences.

MIECHV is a solution that helps more families climb the economic ladder and empowers parents to achieve better outcomes for themselves and their children.

Professor Heckman's most recent research analyzed Abecedarian / CARE's comprehensive, high - quality, birth - to - five early childhood programs for disadvantaged children, which yielded a 13 % return on investment per child, per annum through better education, economic, health, and social outcomes.

Parenting is a proximal variable in the causal pathway to adverse outcomes in childhood and adolescence, of which material disadvantage and economic hardship are distal variables.32 Behavioural problems and temper tantrums among young children have been shown to increase as a result of parenting changes associated with economic hardship.33 Economic deprivation has also been associated with decreased respect for the father and increased dependence on peer group for adolescent boys, and lowered feelings of self adequacy and reduced goal aspirations for adolescent girls.15 Economic hardship appears to have direct and indirect effects on adolescent funceconomic hardship are distal variables.32 Behavioural problems and temper tantrums among young children have been shown to increase as a result of parenting changes associated with economic hardship.33 Economic deprivation has also been associated with decreased respect for the father and increased dependence on peer group for adolescent boys, and lowered feelings of self adequacy and reduced goal aspirations for adolescent girls.15 Economic hardship appears to have direct and indirect effects on adolescent funceconomic hardship.33 Economic deprivation has also been associated with decreased respect for the father and increased dependence on peer group for adolescent boys, and lowered feelings of self adequacy and reduced goal aspirations for adolescent girls.15 Economic hardship appears to have direct and indirect effects on adolescent funcEconomic deprivation has also been associated with decreased respect for the father and increased dependence on peer group for adolescent boys, and lowered feelings of self adequacy and reduced goal aspirations for adolescent girls.15 Economic hardship appears to have direct and indirect effects on adolescent funcEconomic hardship appears to have direct and indirect effects on adolescent functioning.

Here are outline eight guiding principles for effective investments in early childhood development that promote positive social and economic outcomes by building a «scaffolding of support» around disadvantaged young children and their families.

Because decades of research show that early investment produces positive outcomes for our children, our families, and the economic future of our country.

Preventing the achievement gap, improving health outcomes, boosting earnings and providing a high rate of economic return — this one - page document summarizes the benefits of investing in quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children.

In the current economic and political climate, knowing how to identify and select evidence - based programs adds value to any organization seeking to improve outcomes for children and youth.

Home visiting programs have positive, lifelong outcomes for families, including improved child and maternal health; reductions in child maltreatment; increased school readiness; and greater family economic self - sufficiency.

She has researched coordinated services for children, youth, and families to improve social, educational, and economic outcomes for vulnerable populations; family engagement; and early childhood education quality and outcomes for traditionally underserved children and youth.

Several reports have highlighted the inadequacies of the UK's care system and the high costs associated with implementing new services6 as well as the increasing costs that are associated with cycling placements or returns to care.7 Additionally, existing analyses have emphasised the challenges in conducting economic evaluations of interventions aimed at improving outcomes for maltreated children, which include the need for a long - term perspective, accounting for the context - specific nature of interventions, 8 and overcoming obstacles of cross-comparison due to variations in methods, samples etc..9